Today you mark five more techniques in song, then the annotated anchor-song sheet goes in your Communication Portfolio.
You already know rhythm, beat, repetition and sound effects. Now you add alliteration, assonance, internal rhyme, imagery and symbolism. You will practise on a short original verse first, then mark the same five techniques in the class anchor song.
Five techniques. Same move each time: find the words, name the technique, say what it does to a listener.
| Term | What it means for you | Real example |
|---|---|---|
| Alliteration | Same starting consonant nearby; your ear locks onto the run of sound | cold coffee, cracked cup |
| Assonance | Same vowel sound inside nearby words; the line hums without a full rhyme | go slow, hold the throw |
| Internal rhyme | Rhyme landing inside the line; the beat turns mid-sentence | next stop, then the shops |
| Imagery | Sensory detail you can almost feel; you see or hear the moment | Wet tarmac hissing under heavy rain |
| Symbolism | One concrete thing standing for a bigger idea you work out yourself | An empty seat kept free at the table |
Worked line (not your song): "She walks the wet wall where the water falls. Salt still sticks; a soft song stalls."
Read the short original verse in the tool, then mark at least four techniques yourself. Include at least one assonance. For each mark, write one sentence on what it does for a listener.
This is practice only. The Portfolio piece is the anchor-song sheet on the next step.
Work from the class anchor song lyrics you already have (phone, printout or shared class copy). Do not paste the full song. Type only the short quoted phrases you mark.
Mark at least one example of each of the five techniques (alliteration, assonance, internal rhyme, imagery, symbolism). That is five marks minimum, one per label. For each mark, write one sentence on what it does for a listener. The optional stretch is one line that does two jobs at once.
If you do not have the anchor lyrics today, use the short verse from the practice step and complete the same five marks.
Your marks are not saved: when you finish, press Copy for my portfolio, paste them into the sheet below, and save it in your Communication Portfolio as Song Techniques Sheet, Part 2 using the filename m4_l93_song_techniques_p2_<your-initials>.
Talk this through with the person beside you, or sit with it on your own:
The longer thinking can go in your Reflective Journal later if you want it there.
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